Six months after the First Battle of Geonosis, Elsah discovered what her colleague was doing, and planned to tell the Jedi. Vien hired Aurra Sing to assassinate Elsah, as well as take care of the Jedi task force that had been sent to Devaron to investigate. When Jedi KnightAayla Secura and Jedi MastersAn'ya Kuro and Tholme went undercover, Vien revealed the coordinates of the Separatist base to Secura and was later arrested. Despite her wish for a trial by her peers in the Senate, President Aven'sai'Ulrahk sentenced her to death.